by Editorial Staff | May 14, 2014 | Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Forces - Naval, Oceans - International, Russia, USA
* Reuters: Russia targets space station project in retaliation for U.S. sanctions. * The Kremlin has made hay of Ukraine’s reliance on Russia’s defense industry, but that dependence is reciprocal. * The US State Department and NATO are saying that, like...
by Editorial Staff | May 13, 2014 | Airbus, Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Israel
* Airbus reported its 1st quarter [PDF] since it dropped the EADS name, with sales up 2% to 8.9 billion euros ($12.2B). The Defense & Space division grew sales by 3% to €2.7B, though order intake retreated by 4.3% to €2.07B. This helps make the case that...
by Editorial Staff | May 12, 2014 | Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, Forces - Special Ops, France, Middle East - Other, Pre-RFP, Russia, Training & Exercises
* KyivPost: “Interim Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov called the separatist referendums in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts – collectively 15% of the nation – a ‘farce’ that ‘will not have any legal consequences except for the...
by Editorial Staff | May 9, 2014 | Asia - Other, Canada, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, European Union (EU), Fighters & Attack, Issues - International, Legal, MBDA, Missiles - Ballistic, Russia, UAVs, USA
* Defense One’s claim that every country will have armed drones within ten years that are capable of firing missiles seems a bit of a stretch, but it’s a safe expectation that at least every significant military power will have UCAVs in 10 years, and so...
by Editorial Staff | May 8, 2014 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Food-related, Fuel & Power, Industry & Trends, Lockheed Martin, Russia, UAVs, USA
* While discussing their annual Top-Performing Companies (TPC) study, AviationWeek and PWC echo concerns voiced here at DID last month: “Another troubling sign is that half of the world’s 10 highest-ranked defense-oriented operating units saw...
